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Man Ray (1890-1976)
Portrait of Janine Kahn, c. 1925-1930
gelatin silver print
signed in ink on the image
photographer's stamp 'Man Ray 31 bis, Rue Campagne Première, Paris' and annotated (verso)
image/sheet 11⅛ x 8⅝ in. (28.3 x 21.8 cm.)

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Janine Khan (1903-1972) was Raymond Queneau's wife. In the 1920's she was close of the Surrealist movement, introduced by her sister, Simone Kahn, the first wife of André Breton (between 1921 and 1929).

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